Quality Assurance Tester jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-10-29, Skillenai has indexed 22 job postings with the title “Quality Assurance Tester” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is regression testing.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-29
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Frequently asked questions about Quality Assurance Tester jobs
+How many Quality Assurance Tester jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 22 job postings with the title “Quality Assurance Tester” over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29.
+What skills do Quality Assurance Tester jobs require?
Across Quality Assurance Tester postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29, the skills mentioned most often are regression testing, functional testing, test automation, quality assurance, Agile.
+Which cities are hiring the most Quality Assurance Tester?
As of 2026-10-29, Quality Assurance Tester postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Gurugram, McGuire AFB, Washington, Albuquerque, Beirut.
+Is Quality Assurance Tester a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 22 Quality Assurance Tester postings over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. The skill mentioned most often in Quality Assurance Tester postings is regression testing, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of Quality Assurance Tester?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed Quality Assurance Tester postings — last 90 days
Career paths through Quality Assurance Tester
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
193 employer moves kept the same role.
Roles before Quality Assurance Tester
Roles after Quality Assurance Tester
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Quality Assurance Tester (different employer) | 193 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Analyst | 46 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Engineer | 28 |
| Before: Software Engineer | 19 |
| Before: QA Tester | 12 |
| Before: Quality Assurance Specialist | 11 |
| Before: Software Tester | 11 |
| Before: Software Test Engineer | 10 |
| After: Quality Assurance Tester (different employer) | 193 |
| After: Quality Assurance Analyst | 90 |
| After: Quality Assurance Engineer | 47 |
| After: Software Engineer | 28 |
| After: Quality Assurance Specialist | 16 |
| After: Software Test Engineer | 15 |
| After: Business Analyst | 14 |
| After: Software Quality Assurance Engineer | 13 |
Skills most often required for Quality Assurance Tester
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| regression testing | 9 | 40.9% |
| functional testing | 8 | 36.4% |
| test automation | 7 | 31.8% |
| quality assurance | 6 | 27.3% |
| Agile | 6 | 27.3% |
| SQL | 5 | 22.7% |
| Software Testing | 5 | 22.7% |
| JIRA | 5 | 22.7% |
| integration testing | 5 | 22.7% |
| Test cases | 4 | 18.2% |
| Playwright | 4 | 18.2% |
| Python | 4 | 18.2% |
| API testing | 4 | 18.2% |
| test documentation | 4 | 18.2% |
| test plans | 4 | 18.2% |
Top companies posting Quality Assurance Tester jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Cclfg | 2 |
| Peraton | 2 |
| Gdit | 2 |
| General Dynamics Information Technology | 2 |
| Budge | 1 |
| Acies Consulting LLP | 1 |
| Claytonhomes | 1 |
| Resolyst | 1 |
| Dollar Tree | 1 |
| Telus | 1 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring Quality Assurance Tester
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gurugram | 2 | 9.1% |
| McGuire AFB | 2 | 9.1% |
| Washington | 2 | 9.1% |
| Albuquerque | 1 | 4.5% |
| Beirut | 1 | 4.5% |
| Carlsbad | 1 | 4.5% |
| Chesapeake | 1 | 4.5% |
| Herndon | 1 | 4.5% |
| India Hook | 1 | 4.5% |
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How this was computed
Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29, matching postings whose canonical role is “Quality Assurance Tester”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
- role
- Quality Assurance Tester
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-10-29
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- 90